Mop-wringer.



No. 826,087. I PAT ENTED JULY 17, 1906. R. CHRISTENSEN.

MOP WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12, 1905.

' l/VVENTOR Jigs/72 11; (7221's ienaen/ WITNESSES:

A ITO/WE Y8 ing slots B, in which are slidably journaled the ends of the shaft C of a wringer-roll G,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident a permanent fixture of apail or like receptathen pointed out in the claims.

' represented in the accompanying drawings,

sponding parts in all the views.

- tive position; and Fig, 3 is a plan view of the I isrsecured a frame B, having paralle side .ends B and B, riveted or otherwise secured B and B of the frame B. By the arran e- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RASMUS CHRISTENSEN, or oeons, UTAH.

'MOP-WRINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Jantary 12,1905. Serial No. 240.689.

Patented July 1 '7, 1 906.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAsMUs CHRISTENSEN,

of Ogden, in the county of Weber and State of Utah, have invented a new and Improved Mop-VVringer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved mop-wringer which forms cle and is arranged to permit of conveniently placing a mop in the wringer to wring out the mop and to cause the dirty water to pass into the ail without splashing the Water upon the cor during the wringing operation. The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will e more fully described hereinafter and A practical embodiment of the invention is forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corre- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement, showing one of the wIinger-rolls in an open position. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line.2 2 of Fig. 3 and showing the wringer-rolls in an acsame, one of the wringer-rolls being shown in section. To the inside of a pail A or like reee tacle arms B and B terminating in integral crossbars B and B, from which extend segmental tothe inside of the pail A, so as to securely hold the frame B in position in the upper end of the pail and to render'the frame exceedingly strong and durable. In the side arms B and B are formed longitudinally-extendthe ends of the shaft bein ressed on by the free ends of springs C he on the side arms Inent described the wringer-roll O is yie dingly mounted in the frame B and is normally pressed toward a second wringer-roll' lD,

swinging the shaft D and its wrin er-roll D into an open position, as shown in ig. '1, to allow of placing the mop in position on the wringerroll C and to then permit swinging the wringer-roll D downward, so as to clamp the mop between the wringer-rolls C and D.

The free end of the shaft D terminates in a handle D adapted to be taken hold of by the operator to permit of conveniently swinging the. wringer-roll D into an open or closed position, as previously mentioned. The free end of the shaft D when-swinging downward to bring the wringer-roll D into an active position passes over an incline B", formed on the sidearm B to guide the free end of the shaft to the open bearing B, formed in the u per edge of'the side arm B, which bearing 9 is inclined downwardly and outwardly to prevent accidental disengagement of the shaft D from the said bearing. The side arm B is also provided in its upper edge with an open bearing B to receive the other end of the shaft D when the latter is swung downward.

When the wringer-roll D is in an open posi tion, as shown in Fig. 1, it is evident that the o erator can conveniently placethe mop on t e roll 0, and then the wringer-roll D is swun downward to clamp the mop between the ro ls O and D, the roll 0 then yielding sufficiently for the purpose, owing to the action of the springs 0 The operator can now pull the mo in an upward direction, so as to cause t e wringer-rolls C and D to squeeze out the dirty Water in the mop, and as the mop-wringer described forms a permanent fixture of the ail A and islocated in the upper portion t ereof it is evident that the dirty water flows into the pail and is not liable to splash upon the floor during the wringin operation.

n order to conveniently hold the pail or other receptacle A in position during the wringing operation, feet E are provided arranged on the outer lower ortion of the pail and adapted to be steppe on by the operator during the wringing operation.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A mop-wringer for pails, comprising a frame ada ted to be secured to the pail, a wringer-roll yieldingly mounted in the said frame, a second wringer-roll, and a shaft on which the second wringer-roll is mounted to turn, the said shaft having one end provided with an integral offset extending approximatelyjat right angles tothe bod of the shaft and forming a pivot mounte on the said frame to permit of swinging the shaft and its wringer-roll upward into an 0 en p.0- sition, the frame being provided Wit open hearings to receive the said shaft when the latter is swung downward to bring the ringer-roll into active position.

2. A mop-wringer for pails, comprising a frame adapted to be secured to the pail, and

having parallel side arms terminating in crossbars extending outwardly from the side arms, a wringer-roll yieldingly mounted in the side arms, a shaft having one end provided with an angular offset forming a pivot mounted on one of said cross-bars to permit of swinging the shaft upward, and a second wringer-roll mounted to turn on the said shaft, the said side arms of the frame being provided in their upper edges with open bearings to receive the shaft of the second wringer-roll when the latter is in active position.

3. A mop-wringer for pails, comprising a frame ada ted to be secured to the pail, a wringer-roii frame, a shaft pivoted at one end on the said frame and provided at its other end with a handle, the handle end of the shaft being adapted to engage an incline on the said frame, to guide the handle end of the shaft to its bearing in the frame, and a second wringerroll mounted to turn on the said shaft.

4. The combination with a pail, of a frame secured to the inside of the pail, a springpressed wringer-roil slidably journaled 1n the said frame, a second wringer-roll, and a shaft yieldingly mounted in the said for the second wringer-roll to turn on, the shaft being hinged at one end on the said frame and the other end of the shaft being formed into ahandle, the said frame beingarms and integral cross-bars extending outwardly from the side arms, the side arms being providedwith longitudinall -extend-ing slots, a spring-pressed wringer-roll having the ends of its shaft slidabl journaled in said slots, a second wringer-rol a shaft on which the second wringerroll is mounted to turn, the said shaft being hinged at one end to one of said cross-bars of the frame, and adapted to be swung upward into an open position, the side arms of the frame being provided in their upper edges with bearings to receive the shaft of said second wringer-roll, when-the shaft is swung downward to bring the wringer-roll into active position. i

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

I RASMUS CHRISTENSEN. Witnesses:

RA-L'PI-I P. HUNTER; OLIN A. KENNEDY." 

